6 attempted coup hiding in plain sight? Trump insider Bernie Kerik claims ex-president drafted a letter to involve the Insurrection Act on Jan. This is not some academic debate: In future elections, they might succeed in the unthinkable.Īnother Op-Ed in The Philladelphia Inquirer–written by Will Bunch–has this lede: “ Is the ‘smoking gun’ in Trump’s Jan. But those very same people haven’t given up - they are analyzing their failures and will continue their brazen attempts to seize power by any means necessary. Make no mistake - an aspiring dictator, egged on by his allies in Congress, failed to hold on to power this time. They are laying the groundwork to overturn the next election successfully. Those who manufactured the crusade to steal the 2020 election know how and why they failed. Chillingly, 34 of those bills have become law in 19 states. This represents a dagger to the heart of the American experiment: that the people get to decide who is in charge.
They’ve introduced more than 440 bills across 49 states designed to hijack the election process and suppress the right to vote. Many of the people who failed to overturn the election are now using the levers of power at the state level to rig future campaigns. 6 insurrection be swept under the rug, or seen for what it could be - the beginning of the end of American democracy as we know it. But those very same people haven’t given up.”īut a year later, a fundamental question remains: Will the Jan.
Jim McGovern–writing for The Boston Globe- has this Op-Ed headline: “The coup is still underway. Make no mistake - an aspiring dictator, egged on by his allies in Congress, failed to hold on to power this time. The Trumps and the pandemic dominate the news so far. It’s the first Monday of the year! The country is stilled mired by Covid-19 and the ongoing insurrection. The Magpie, Claude Monet,1868–1869 Happy New Year Sky Dancers!!